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EastNets reveals that 28 institutions are now receiving watchlist updates over blockchain

EastNets is pleased to announce that 28 financial institutions are now live users of a real-time watchlist feed, delivered securely over blockchain.

01 April 2020

Company update/wholesale

Contour partners with Chinsay following a successful transaction with Cargill and Rio Tinto

Contour, the open trade finance network, has today announced its partnership with Chinsay, the leading technology company in supply chain data capture and risk management, as an order partner to enhance its offering to trade finance professionals.

31 March 2020

News/crypto

SEB chief strategist: CBDCs could cause friction with commercial banks

Johan Javeus, chief strategist at SEB, tells Finextra Research about the tension that could emerge between central banks and commercial banks should the former circulate a digital currency directly to consumers.

30 March 2020

News/payments

SCB brings Ripple-powered cross-border payments to biz customers

Thailand's Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) is set to open up its Ripple-powered consumer cross-border payments mobile app to businesses.

30 March 2020

Company update/crypto

Sygnum Bank launches digital CHF token

Sygnum, the world’s first digital asset bank, has launched the Sygnum Digital CHF (DCHF), a settlement token pegged to the Swiss Franc.

27 March 2020

News/markets

ASX rips up go-live timetable for Chess replacement system

The Australian Securities Exchange is to delay the implementation of its long-awaited Chess replacement system due to the uncertainty created by the unfolding Covid-19 pandemic.

25 March 2020

News/retail

Mass Yapeal: Swiss startup targeting payday-to-payday customers with newly-acquired banking licence

Yapeal, a digital banking startup, which became Switzerland’s first fintech banking licensee earlier this month, has spoken to Finextra Research about the task of breaking new ground in a market dominated by giants such as UBS and Credit Suisse.

24 March 2020

News/payments

Thai fintech DeeMoney goes live on RippleNet

Remittance outfit DeeMoney has become the first non-bank institution in Thailand to process live transactions over RippleNet.

20 March 2020

News/markets

FundsDLT wins commercial backing

Clearstream, Credit Suisse Asset Management, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, and Natixis Investment Managers are to give financial backing to FundsDLT, a blockchain-based technology platform for the investment fund industry.

17 March 2020

Company update/Blockchain

Credit Agricole to explore new frontiers in blockchain with Marco Polo trial

Following an evaluation period in 2019, Crédit Agricole CIB has announced that it is entering a pilot phase on the Marco Polo Network, one of the largest and fastest growing trade and working capital finance networks in the world, focusing on bringing significant efficiencies in trade, receivables and supply chain financing.

12 March 2020

News/payments

Bank of England calls for feedback on CBDC creation

The Bank of England is calling for input from industry and the public on the pros and cons of introducing a central bank digital currency (CBDC).

12 March 2020

Company update/Blockchain

AMF floats creation of European 'Digital Lab' for security token experiments in financial settlement

Legal analysis on the application of financial regulations to security tokens and precisions on bulletin board

12 March 2020

Company update/Blockchain

Alchemy partners with Skeps to build blockchain infrastructure for consumer loans

Alchemy Technologies, (“Alchemy”) a leading fintech infrastructure development company partners with Skeps, a decentralized marketplace for consumer loans built on blockchain technology.

11 March 2020

Company update/Blockchain

R3 appoints former IBM and AWS exec to head up partner programme

R3, the enterprise blockchain software firm, has appointed former IBM and Amazon Web Services executive, Dorothy Copeland, as Global Head of Partner Ecosystem & Alliances.

11 March 2020

News/crypto

Libra competitor Celo launches 'Alliance for Prosperity'

Libra is getting some competition. The Celo Foundation has signed up 50 members to its 'Alliance for Prosperity', an effort to use blockchain technology and digital assets to "enable prosperity for everyone".

11 March 2020

News/Blockchain

Standard Chartered joins TradeLens

Standard Chartered has become the first financial institution to join the TradeLens blockchain-enabled container logisitics platform developed by IBM and Maersk.

11 March 2020

Company update/Blockchain

Japan's Financial Services Agency institutes 'Blockchain Governance Initiative'

On March 10, 2020, The Financial Services Agency Japan (JFSA) and Nikkei Inc. held “BG2C - Special Online Broadcasting Panel Discussion.”

10 March 2020

News/markets

ING invests in securities lending platform HQLAx

ING has invested in securities lending platform HQLAx, which went live in December 2019.

09 March 2020

News/Blockchain

Crypto exchange tech firm AlphaPoint raises $5.6m

Crypto-focused exchange software provider AlphaPoint has raised $5.6 million in new funding from unnamed sources.

06 March 2020

News/sustainable

IBM blockchain partner: Rival companies must join forces for common sustainable goals

Using blockchain and other technologies to work towards sustainable goals requires companies to break the current way of thinking in business, according to Anthony Day, blockchain partner at IBM.

06 March 2020